Combined easel and hanger



(No Model.) I v E. 13. WHITE.

COMBINED EASEL AND HANGER, No. 395,301. Patented Dec. 25, 1888.

llNITED STATES ATENT @rrrcn.

ELMER B. WVIIITE, OF ITHAOA, NEW YORK.

COMBINED EASEL AND HANGER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 395,301, dated December 25, 1888.

Application filed March 29, 1888.

To CLZZ whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, ELMER B. WHITE, of Ithaca, in the county of Tompkins and State of New York, have invented a new and use ful Improvement in Easels'and Hangers; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the use of the same and its construction, reference being had to the annexed drawings, forming a part of this specification, and in which Figure 1 is a side elevation of the easel supporting a card, both standing on a flat surface. Fig. 2 is a plan view of the easel or hanger itself.

My invention relates to that class of easels and hangers which are designed to support a portrait, card, plaque, or frame by clasping or otherwise engaging with the edges or sides thereof.

The object of my invention is to simplify the construction and increase the utility of the easel or hanger, while at the same time reducing the cost of manufacture.

lily invention consists in the several novel features of construction and operation hereinafter described, and which are specifically set forth in the several clauses of claims here unto annexed.

It is constructed as follows: A wire is bent first to form the eye (Z. It is then bent to form the angles 6 f, forming the base 0 between them. From these angles the two pieces converge and are twisted together as shown in the drawings. At the top of the twist the bars diverge and then come together, crossing each other, thus forming the loop a a. From their intersection these bars diverge to nearly their extremity, where they are bent first to a nearly horizontal line and are thence curved inwardly toward each other, forming the hooks b. The straight portion at the bottom of the hooks is shown in the drawings as flattened,

as are also the hooks; but this portion may be rounded or may be corrugated or fluted or otherwise roughened upon its inside face to secure a better grip.

It will be observed that when pressure is applied to the sides a a of the loop, throwing the bars at that point in toward each other, this will throw the hooks outward from each other or spread them apart to receive the picture by the edges, and then when the press me is removed the spring action will throw the hooks inward toward each other, causing them to grip the edges of the card. It will be further observed that the easel can be set at any angle desired to the card. It will be further observed that the easel or hanger can be reversed and suspended from a hook or nail through the eye (Z or either of the angles cf, the card being held in the same manner as before.

hat I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. An easel or hanger consisting of a wire bent to form an eye, (Z, and extending thence to an intersecting point, where the two sides are rigidly twisted together, then diverging outwardly, and thence converging and crossing and extending outward to the hooks 1) upon their extremities.

2. An easel or hanger consisting of a wire bent to form the eye d, thence extending outward and bent inwardly, forming the angles 6 f, twisted together, thence diverging and crossing, forming the loop a, thence extending outward and bent to form the hooks 1) upon their extremities.

ELMER B. WHITE.

\Vitnesses:

GEO. W. MELorrE, IIANFORD A. GROVES. 

